Acoustically tunable headphones

Abstract

The acoustically tunable headphones comprises of a flexible headband with a speaker housing affixed on either end of the flexible headband. The speaker housing encloses one or more speakers behind a grill with multiple openings. A soft and flexible ear pad is removably affixed in front of the grill. A corresponding grill with corresponding openings is affixed in the ear pad. By rotating the ear pad to various positions and repositioning the grills openings, the acoustics of the headphones may be adjusted.

Description

BACKGROUND[0001]1. Field of Invention[0002]This invention relates generally to headphones. More specifically, this invention relates to headphones that can be tuned acoustically by the user.[0003]2. Description of Related Art[0004]Headphones are commonly used to listen to audio signals such as voice communications, audio recordings, and music. Headphones generally comprises of a flexible headband that is placed over the head of a listener. On either sides of the flexible headband is affixed a speaker housing enclosing one or more speakers. The speaker housing commonly has a soft and flexible ear pad which enables the speaker housing to comfortably rest on or around the listener's ear. The flexible headband exerts a force that urges the speaker housings to press against the ear pads which in turn presses on or around the ear of the listener to seal out the outside environment from the ear.[0005]Most headphone's acoustics are predetermined and fixed when the headphone was designed and...

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Benefits of technology

[0007]The present invention is an acoustically tunable headphones that is simple in construction and economical to manufacture. It allows the user of the headphones to easily adjust the acoustics of the headphones mechanically without the use of any complex and expensive electronics.

[0009]It is an object of the present invention to design an acoustically tunable headphones with no additional electronics and no internal moving parts that is easily manufactured with minimal cost impact.

[0010]It is another object of the present invention to design an acoustically tunable headphones that may be easily adjusted by the user to change the acoustics of the headphones.

[0011]It is yet another object of the present invention to design an acoustically tunable headphones that has easily removable and replaceable ear pads that may be interchanged with other optional ear pads to enable further acoustical tuning of the headphones.

Problems solved by technology

However, the acoustics of the headphones itself is generally not adjustable by the user.

There are some headphone designs that include complex and costly components to enable the user to adjust the frequency response of the headphones.

Although they are suitable for the purpose for which they were designed, they are expensive to manufacture and the complexity of the design also decrease the reliability of the headphones.

The cost of these headphones and also the complexity of their design contributed to their lack of demand and the lack of popularity in the market.

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